Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-08-05
BEATS ENOCH ARDEN.
A True story OF Love, separation, Re-
marriage and Final Reunion.


marriage and Final Reunion.
The following story from life. which
decidedly discounts the romance OF
Enoch Arden. was completely corrobor-
ated ia the West End last evening:
Years ago. in the mining town of Pom
to-Pool. nesting among the mountains
of the coast of Wales, George Poland
and Mary Davis. were married amid
the great rejoicings of their many
friends. All things ut first conspired
TO make their welded life happy one,
and as the years passed by children
blessed Their humble home. Poland
had risen and become an engineer at
one of the mines. and Mrs. Poland was
the landlady of country inn. Po-
lands work necessitated his absence
from home several nights in week.
A domestic servant led the husband.
after one of his departures. to doubt
his wife's fidelity. His pride being in
jured, and. being a quick tempered
man, he upbraided Mrs. Poland. She
in turn answered him hastily. and he
in the heat of his passion cast her off.
Rushing out of the house. he never
rested till on board steamer bound
for America.
He came to Plttsburg and obtained
work in one of the coal mines near the
city. There he worked steadily and
endeavored to forget the woman of
whom he believed that she had wrong
ell him in far-otf Wales. After being
in America few months, he received
a letter from a friend in his old home.
which seated that his wife was ILL., and
would never recover.
In 1861 Poland met Mrs. Mary Simp-
son. widow who kept a boarding
house at Banksville. and beng in
formed that his wife was dead. he pro-
posed and was accepted by the widow
rs her husband. They were
QUIETLY MARRIED,
Which was not generally known to
Their friends, and their married life
passed without serious disturbance UNI
I'll 1885, when they were separated in
romantic way.
One summer day, two years ago,
taveling little lady walked into the
"Old Stone Tavern" on the Washing
ton pike, and, with pronounced
Welsh accent, asked where George
Poland resided. The proprietor jok-
ingly asked her if she was his wife.
She replied with such seriousness that
the host determined to send for Po-
land, rs he was a particular friend of
his. The long-separated couple met in
the dningroom of the hotel. where
tile proprietor left them TO tell ther
stories.
Mrs. Poland then explained that aft
er a few years of toll and struggle
without success, she determined to
come TO America and find her hus band.
DIR fling to Wilkesbarre. Penn, her
sons obtained work in the mines and
were doing well. OF Poland she heard
nothing until two years ago. when a
family moved from Plttsburg to Will
kesbarre. and told the woman where
her usband was. She came on to this
city and found him married to another
woman. He had little to say, but she
determined to leave h IN to enjoy his
second Welded experience. and in his
company returned to Wilkesbarre.
POLAND CAME BACK
To this city, but did not live with the
second wife, who soon afterward fell II
and died. it is said, from the result of
broodng over tho great crime she
thought she had committed. Poland
boarded with one Of the two children
of his second wife but later he furnish
house of his own, and had his
doughtcr keep house for him until
several weeks ago, when she left him.
Deserted by hr former friends. old
and partially blind from the result Of
an accident, he, upon the advice of a
friend wrote to his first wife, begged
her forgiveness for the wrong he had
done her and pleaded with her to come
back 10 him. She consented. and ar
rived in town last Tuesday.
The old couple poland being now
over seventy years of age, and Mrs.
Poland few years younger) were seen
last evening vending their way to
grocery store to lay in stock of pro-
Wis ons as happy ~ any young married
couple just beginning life together.
The Law and the Porter.
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